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Portrait of Reverend Evan J. Thomas.

Portrait of a member of the Wide Awakes, a paramilitary political organization that was affiliated with the Republican Party during the 1860 presidential election.

Portrait of Richard Yates, who was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the thirteenth Governor of Illinois, 1861-1865. Yates served as governor during most of the American Civil War.

Political satire titled, "Public Sale! Closing Out Sale of the Grand Old Party," which includes several humorous references related to the 1932 Presidential Election.

Announcement from the Little Sower Recruiting Commission of Schuyler County that Perry Hobbs has been appointed recruiting officer in the "Sunday School Army."

Chicago regional office, Congress of Industrial Organizations, issues the statement, "Support Organized Labor: Don't Read the Unfair Herald-American." This came in response to Sears, Roebuck & Co. advertising in the Herald-American newspaper,…

Stock certificate for $100,000, or 10,000 shares of $10 each, for the Ocean Wave Silver Mining Company in Chicago.

Anti-racist response from minority groups directed towards racist groups and their hateful propaganda.

Illinois Soldiers' College and Military Academy in Chicago advertising its first session, September 15, 1866. Initially opened as a military academy in 1861, the Illinois Soldiers' College was organized in 1866 to help disabled Illinois veterans…

Charles Higgins, wanted for murder by the City of Chicago Police, Frederick Ebersold, Superintendent of Police.

An article titled, "Extra," from "The Journal" in Springfield, announces with "great pleasure" that Gen. John A. Logan was elected to the U.S. Senate. Logan was a veteran of the Mexican-American War, a general in the American Civil War, a member of…

An advertisement promoting Dr. Miller's Hog Nose-Cutter, on sale for $1.00 at 1926 Fifth Ave., Rock Island.

A Waukegan Centennial Pioneer Belles certificate marking the celebration of the one hundredth birthday of Waukegan. The certificate, which includes details of duties surrounding the celebration, is to be signed by new members of the Pioneer Belles.

A request for people to join "An Organization of Gentiles" to "save America from the wave of anti-Semitic persecution which is afflicting parts of Europe."

Details of Al Capone on his way to federal prison, when he told newspaper reporters that he is, "a wet." The producer of this article, Signal Press, is located in Evanston.

A Second Presbyterian Church concert programme, including details of an event held "at the residence of A. J. Dunning, Wednesday evening, June 30th, 1880" in Springfield.

An invitation from the Rhode Island Veteran Association to surviving 10th Regiment and 10th Battery members to attend an anniversary dinner at Boyden Heights.

W. T. & E. A. Rogers Company, manufacturers of wagons, is advertising their products and shops in Quincy, on the corner of Fourth and Oak streets.

An Iron Lung, or "negative pressure ventilator," was a medical device used to assist patient's breathing and ventilation. In this photograph, members of the Springfield local of the American Federation of Labor, present iron lungs to the City of…

Political campaign banner showing the 1860 Northern Democrat Party candidate for President, Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, and Vice President, Hershel V. Johnson, of Georgia. With four different political parties represented in the 1860…

Political campaign banner showing the 1864 Democratic Party candidate for President, George B. McClellan, of New Jersey, and Vice President, George H. Pendleton, of Ohio. The National Union Party, represented by Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson,…

Construction of the Illinois State Capitol building located in Springfield. Beginning in 1869, the construction of the Illinois State Capitol building lasted for nearly twenty years, and was completed in 1889.

Interior of the Illinois State Capitol building showing members who were elected to the state government in 1884. Names listed on verso include, from left to right: "John R. Tanner, Treasurer," "Charles P. Swigert, Auditor," "Henry D. Dement, Sec. of…

A large delegation from the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) gather at the 1933 World's Fair "Century of Progress," Chicago. The NACW was formed in Washington, D.C. in 1896 as a response to the disfranchisement and poor treatment of…

Production on small machines in the Shunt Magnet Department, possibly at Springfield's Sangamo Electric Company.